Dior Smoky Canvas 3 Couleurs Tri(o)blique Palette Review & Swatches
Smoky Canvas (053)
Dior Smoky Canvas (053) 3 Couleurs Tri(o)blique ($63.00 for 0.11 oz.) is a new, limited edition trio that features a shimmery gray, bright silver, and deep black. The three shades coordinated well together to create a monochromatic, gray smoky eye. It performed well, though they’re classic and common enough shades that you’ll definitely want to check your stash for similar shades first!
Ingredients
Smoky Canvas (053)
LELimited Edition. $63.00.
Smoky Canvas #1
Smoky Canvas #1 is a medium-dark gray with neutral-to-cool undertones and a soft, frosted finish. It had good pigmentation with a soft, drier consistency that was a little dusty in the pan but only had a touch of fallout when I initially applied it. It applied evenly and blended out nicely along the edges. This shade stayed on well for seven and a half hours on me before fading visibly.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- KVD Beauty Filthy (LE, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- MAC Well Past Midnight (LE, $17.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- MAC Mindfiles (LE, $17.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Dior Volcanic #4 (LE, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- NARS Pyrenees (P, $19.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Chanel Modern Glamour #4 (PiP, ) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Natasha Denona Anthrazit (06P) (PiP, $29.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- MAC Lapisluxe #3 (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Natasha Denona Graphite (07M) (PiP, $29.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (85% similar).
- MAC Print (P, $17.00) is less shimmery, darker (85% similar).
Formula Overview
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The formula is supposed to have "bold colour impact" where a "little product goes a long way" and the "powders glide on." Most of the shades in the Trios were pigmented, blendable, and easy enough to work with. Some of the very sparkly shades had light to moderate fallout during application and sometimes during wear. The texture ran slightly more powdery, slightly softer than average but was never messy to work with or prone to sheering out. They lasted between seven and eight hours on me.
Browse all of our Dior Tri(o)blique Eyeshadow swatches.
Smoky Canvas #1
LELimited Edition.
Smoky Canvas #2
Smoky Canvas #2 is a bright silver with subtle, cool undertones and a metallic sheen. The consistency was soft, lightly creamy, and smooth without being too dense or too softly pressed in the pan. It had opaque pigmentation that applied evenly and lasted nicely for eight hours on me.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Rouge Bunny Rouge Vivacious Maguari (P, $19.00) is more shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
- Natasha Denona Aluminum (10M) (PiP, $29.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- NARS Creeper (LE, $25.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Giorgio Armani Ice (43) (P, $30.00) is less shimmery, lighter, less pigmented (90% similar).
- MAC Eggplant Blend #3 (LE, ) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty The Starlet #6 (PiP, ) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Viseart Tingle (PiP, ) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Smashbox Rock Icon (PiP, ) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- MAC Just Breathe #1 (LE, $21.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- MAC Silver Screen (P, $23.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
Formula Overview
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The formula is supposed to have "bold colour impact" where a "little product goes a long way" and the "powders glide on." Most of the shades in the Trios were pigmented, blendable, and easy enough to work with. Some of the very sparkly shades had light to moderate fallout during application and sometimes during wear. The texture ran slightly more powdery, slightly softer than average but was never messy to work with or prone to sheering out. They lasted between seven and eight hours on me.
Browse all of our Dior Tri(o)blique Eyeshadow swatches.
Smoky Canvas #2
LELimited Edition.
Smoky Canvas #3
Smoky Canvas #3 is a deep black with a satin sheen and neutral undertones. The consistency was soft, smooth, and blendable without being powdery nor too firmly pressed in the pan, so it was easy to work with. The eyeshadow had rich color payoff in a single layer, which wore well for eight hours on me before I noticed any fading.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Charlotte Tilbury Diva Lights (Define) (LE, ) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Too Faced Black Tie (LE, $16.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Sydney Grace La Jolla Shores (PiP, $5.25) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Sephora Ilde (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- LORAC Midnight (PiP, $19.00) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Double Indemnity #4 (PiP, ) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Chanel Tisse Riviera #4 (PiP, ) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- MAC Fashion Legend (LE, $17.00) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- LORAC Ink (PiP, ) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- LORAC Caviar (LE, $19.00) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
Formula Overview
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The formula is supposed to have "bold colour impact" where a "little product goes a long way" and the "powders glide on." Most of the shades in the Trios were pigmented, blendable, and easy enough to work with. Some of the very sparkly shades had light to moderate fallout during application and sometimes during wear. The texture ran slightly more powdery, slightly softer than average but was never messy to work with or prone to sheering out. They lasted between seven and eight hours on me.
Browse all of our Dior Tri(o)blique Eyeshadow swatches.
Once upon a time, many makeup years ago, I favoured these kinds of shades as a workwear look, as I was into wearing a lot of black, white and red. And besides, there wasn’t much else available to us in Aus. either at the time.
Now to the palette: it is lovely, although I do think that Smoky 1 is far too dark for a middle shade between the silver and the black, it needed to be a much softer grey.
I do agree with you Christine that all three shades, particular the two darker ones, are abundant in lots of palettes, so I think this trio of shades is probably more redunant than the others in the series.
Your look sounds like mine in the late 80s. I agree with everything you said about this palette, too.
Yes, I am pretty well set with these shades. Very pretty if not overly unique!
Glad it performs nicely. Having Viseart Chroma Theory, as well as in other palettes, I’m sated. Money saved.
A nice dark, mysterious trio, though that shimmer shade should have been lighter, I think (unless they were deliberately going for “degrees of black with one highlight shade”).